Across six painted panels of tent fabric, which Hashel Al Lamki has fashioned as canvas, a complex narrative unfolds. Watery textures in shimmering colours rise from the heart of the nine-metre polyptych with a vivid intensity of light and a poetic, ethereal quality. On one side, a bird of prey soars overhead and pink flamingos walk beneath an enlarged sun, and on the other Cupid aims his arrow at the fluorescent heavens. This is nature, but not as we know it.
Read MoreThis story is tinged with sadness as the artist Ismail Khayat is in a coma since having an accident in 2019. Sharjah Art Museum will celebrate his practice with a landmark show.
Read MoreHow Manal Ataya, the director of Sharjah Museums Authority, steered her mammoth team of museum staff and institutions through 2020 to emerge stronger and set an example for the digital future
Read MoreCollector, patron, supporter, commentator, inspiration. Sultan Sooud Al Qassemi has worked at raising the profile of Arab art across the world, for more than a decade.
Read More“Education in arts has a much wider reach than to those who are talented in art or who want a career in the field. Arts education is a way to nurture critical thinking.” Sheikha Noora Al Mualla speaks about the importance of arts education in my latest feature.
Read MoreAlserkal Avenue are taking a group on tour to Sharjah, register now to claim your free place
Read MoreThe one-month Sharjah Islamic Arts Festival is back for a bigger and better edition this year. Alongside several top-class art presentations, there are also 161 workshops will be held in subjects such as calligraphy, Islamic ornamentation and sand-writing as well as lectures and artist tours.
Read MoreWhilst the Barjeel Art Foundation's schedule of hosting regular international and domestic exhibitions will be coming to a close, the work will be on permanent display in the Sharjah Art Museum.
Read MoreVikram Divecha is one of five artists who will represent the UAE at the Venice Biennale next month in Italy. He is also one of three UAE-based artists exhibiting artworks at the ongoing Sharjah Biennial. Yet his work is rarely found in a gallery.
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